This dynamic is apparent in the decade spanning 2008-2017, where nearly all retired U.S. power plants were fossil fuel generation, and was capped by utilities announcing 27 coal plant closures totaling 22 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2017. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts coal closures will continue through 2020, potentially setting an all-time annual record in 2018.

Despite Trump Administration actions to improve fossil fuel economics and reduce renewable energy competitiveness, updated levelized cost of energy (LCOE) data and new renewable energy projects show clean energy continues beating fossil fuels on economics, at a faster pace and in more locations than ever before. So just how low can renewable prices go?”

Campaigns

Members supporting clean energy in Ohio in 2018

20,162 Ohioans signed our support statement in person at their door in 2018.

6,376 Ohio Citizen Action members sent handwritten letters to their state legislators in support of clean energy in 2018.

2,511 members sent postcards to Ohio legislators, urging them to fix the wind setback rule in Ohio in 2018.

5,262 Ohio Citizen Action members have called their state legislators in 2018, asking them to oppose HB239 a nd SB 155, the latest coal bailout requests by Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Dayton Power & Light and American Electric Power.